Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

Gender and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-308

  Yang, Sadie ^a   Li, Ao ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Discrimination; Gender; Legal protection; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349808457     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: 13649221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552070903009825     Document Type: Article

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